Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Consult our advertising columns before
you purchase your holiday goods.
A son of Moses Dunbar shot 3 deer last
week. on his fathers farm, in Middiesex tip
uear Gi2de Mills.
Mr.. J.L McCandless has purchased the
kirkpatrick farm from Mr.. Mushrush Tor
$1,000.
The Du Bois Express records the death of
Mrs. annie Dilham Of that place, whose par
ents reside at Fairview, this county.
Frank Kennrer is building fine house
facing Mexican st, on the lot purchased
from Mrs Gi!key.
-scmbody has hunted up a new word for
Christmss. and calls it the Alt-uistic Holiday
You'll find the word in your unabridged.
Now il the time when little children
should be warmly dressed, properly housed
and especially cared for by kind mothers.
A wave Of premonition seems to have
rolled over the land. Several remarkable
cases cf sudden death have lately been lore
told by dreams and signs.
Mr.. John T. Kelly now has his clothing
store next door to the p. o., in complete
order ard will be pleased to have his friends
call in and examine his stock.
The clothing house of Jacob Stein in Ze-
Iienople en1 the Spring house OF Mr. A6e
Ziegler near Harmony have lately been roo-
bed.
The LimberR brothers, sons of Rev. Lin
berg have opened neat and complete gro.
eery IN the central room of the new Diamond
Block.
The Presidents free trade message had o
bad effect on the grain market. Wheat was
steadily rising in price, but no sooner bad the
raesssge been made public than the advance
stopped.
Mr.. William Wise Of Penn Twp. is a
very unfortunate man The last member of
his first family, consisting offs wife and three
children. died last Sunday, and his second
wife is now dangerously i'll.
1T has been ascertained that the numer
Gus deaths recently among the Berks County
cattle have been caused by drinking impure
water instead of pleuro.pneumonia, as was
supposed.
While Charley Cowan Of Brownsville
vas spreading apple butter ou his bread. OF a
hotel in Allegheny, last Wednesday. ne dip
peda very valuable gold ring out OF the
sauoe bowl, and now has the ring in bis pos
session.
Mr.. James Duncan of Middlesex Twp,
died suddenly of rheumatism Of the heart.
lsst Saturday evening. He was about 60
years of age and a very much respected
citizen Of that Twp.
"A lady teacher Of music in Ontario Co.
New York. inserted her professional card in
one of the county newspapers. 1t was seen
bv an old lover in Chicago. whoat once hunt
ed her up, explained his absence Of a quarter
Of a century, and married her. Itpays to ad-
vertise.
--"Bov Lite on the Prairie The Hn<kin'" "
in the January number of The american
NdQosine, will he the first Of a series IF crisp
descriptive sketches. drawn by Hamlin Gar
land from his Youthful experiences a. far.
mer's bow in the West.
ESQ. Keck awarded the turkeys in
that Centre Twp case to the defendent in the
case. Mr.. A. Cranmer. and gave Judgment
against the plaintiff for casts. Mr.. Keck is
now Deputy y. s. Collector for this County
vice ]. w. Brown resigned.
Rochester. N. Y. exploded all over las.
Wednesday afternoon. and some large buiId-
ings were burned as result of the sewers Of
tis cits b..tnirg fNsl with nsphths,
which csped into them from broken pipe
line.
The Judges Of the Corn exhibit lately
made by twenty farmers of the S,nth western
part Of the County, awarded the first pre-.
MUM 10 Sid. Weihl, and the second to Phil.
lip Hoch w. A. lift, J. D. Cunningham and
Vim. Dindinger were the Judges.
There are Christmas presents and Christ.
mas presents. The simple Fiji maiden, f,r
instance, is assured that her behavior during
the year has pleased Santa Clans when she
fluids ienie. piece OF missionary in her lit
tie stocking on Christmas morning.
The life of one Of the Erie editors has
been stuffed with misery since last election
day. The w. c. T. U. Of that place orjsrel
him To advertise that they wonid furnish
hot lunches al the POLLS !" and the compositor,
by substituting ''p' for an H." made tn e
good ladies' promise "hot punches"
Upon entering a h,u,c, you will know
whether an ioteiligent family re,i les there,
by the number Of newspapers ani b,oSs in
the sitting room. and if the nswspip.r ia5.ls
have the figures 'S8 printed thereon, you
msy know that such family does not owe
the printer.
Mr.. w. z. Ralston has usa. little Jew.
elry store a. M. %. 3. Main st. Mr.. Ell-
s.on hiss been in the business for q number of
years, and has selected his good, with care
and good Judgment, displays them hanl5,ns.
ly. and makes a speciality of watch and
clock repairing. See his card in another
places.
The dismissal of three Republicans--two
Of whom are in very poor health aud ponr
circumstanc-s-from their Offices in the Court
House, and the appointment in their places.
of three Democrats,--one Of whom is rich
and strong. and another Of whom has not
the best of regulations, was the occasion Of
some very forcible remarks being made about
the Court House yesterday.
-Penons desiring to hear the music Ia the
Gcrman Catholic Chgrch next Sunday morn
ng-Chrjstmas--should remember that the
services begin at O'Clock and 1890 o'click
AN. The services will be similar, excepting
the addition of q short sermon to the 1890 A.
N. services, aud will include Psstores
Grant vigilantes L. Lambeilotte. HaIlelujah
Chorus, the Adeste Fidelis, Haydn's Mass
No. 2, and other fine selections.
We once heard Of young lady, living in
the south western part of this County, who
was subject to eiilept'c 6fs, and who was
very liable IN have one ifthe subject was
mentioned in her preseuce. This peculiar
feature Of epilepsy was illustrated in the
Court room last Monday afternoon. While
the attorney for Morris Boyd convicted of
horse sterling, were pleading far clemencv
OF the grounds that long confinement would
npderInine his constitution on account Of his
heipg subject to epilecIic Cts. Boyd fell To the
for In vio;sut it aud had to be carried
from the Court room.
Early last Wednesday morning horse
thieves broke into the barn Of r. Marks
at Glade Mills. and stole team Of horses.
They then proceeded to an aljscent farm and
took covered wagon and left Tor parts IN.
known. Telsgrams of inquiry were Gent tn
all surrounding towns They were last heard
OF driving through Ha1nahstown on their
way 10 KitfsnDing about 3 or 4 O'Clock rhat
morning. Since the above was put in type
We learn that one Of the horses belonged H.
Robert Il Wm. Marks, aud the other N Eq
Herman Starr, and that Sheriff kramsr has
captured them aud now bas them Ia Butler
The thieves haye not been heard irom.